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amy goodman: have you talked to president obama about this? rep. john lewis: i have not had an opportunity. but i've spoken out on the floor of the house against the war in afghanistan, as i did against the war in iraq. amy goodman: you voted in-three days after september 11, 2001, to give president bush the authority to retaliate in a vote that was 420 to 1. you have described it was one of your toughest votes. talk about how you decided to do that. rep. john lewis: i was very disturbed about what happened on 9/11. and when i look back on it, if i had to do it all over again, i would have voted with barbara lee. it was raw courage on her part. so, because of that, i don't vote for funding for war. i vote against preparation for the military. i will never again go down that road. amy goodman: and what do you say to those who say, "then you're not supporting the military. you're not supporting the soldiers, the troops"? rep. john lewis: i support the soldiers. when i see young men in uniform, i say, "thank you for your service." and i tell them, "i
amy goodman: have you talked to president obama about this? rep. john lewis: i have not had an opportunity. but i've spoken out on the floor of the house against the war in afghanistan, as i did against the war in iraq. amy goodman: you voted in-three days after september 11, 2001, to give president bush the authority to retaliate in a vote that was 420 to 1. you have described it was one of your toughest votes. talk about how you decided to do that. rep. john lewis: i was very disturbed about...
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. >> rose: we continue this evening with jeffrey, the book of the oath, the obama white house and the supreme court. >> 17 chief justice, 44th president, two people who in some respects have a lot in common, born within six years of each other, both came of age in the think area, both products of harvard law school and the hear extraordinary la law review but both of them, and both of them real students of the constitution. but that is where the similarities end because roberts coming from his very conservative background, very stable background, is a true conservative, and he believes that the constitution neeth to change the irony is one believes in change and one really believes in stability and it is roberts is the one who wants change. >> rose: we conclude this evening with karen elliott house, a pulitzer recipient for covering the middle east. >> on saudi arabia. >> so i think the country has problems, all of these problems of unemployment, wealth distribution, housing, poverty in a country that has got that much money, and those are not going to get better without some real you
. >> rose: we continue this evening with jeffrey, the book of the oath, the obama white house and the supreme court. >> 17 chief justice, 44th president, two people who in some respects have a lot in common, born within six years of each other, both came of age in the think area, both products of harvard law school and the hear extraordinary la law review but both of them, and both of them real students of the constitution. but that is where the similarities end because roberts...
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congress is basically calling it quits until after the election in november this while president obama and his challenger are crisscrossing several swing states looking for votes what does that say about our political system we all spoken jesse ventura weighs in today on r.t. . and twitter will obey a judge's ruling and turn over possibly incriminating messages in a criminal case against an occupy wall street protester what does this say about the social media giant and internet freedom our t.v. will debate the issue. it's friday september fourteenth pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you're watching r.t. . well topping the news this hour it's a scene that millions around the world watched unfold a moment in history captured on cell phone cameras and through the eyewitness accounts seen on twitter for many the arab spring was a total upset of the past decades policies in the middle east government officials looked at the protests with an air of skepticism many others with a glimmer of hope for what peaceful rallies can accomplish we watched as the protests flared up topple gove
congress is basically calling it quits until after the election in november this while president obama and his challenger are crisscrossing several swing states looking for votes what does that say about our political system we all spoken jesse ventura weighs in today on r.t. . and twitter will obey a judge's ruling and turn over possibly incriminating messages in a criminal case against an occupy wall street protester what does this say about the social media giant and internet freedom our...
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in the photo, barack obama is bent over at the waist. one of the suns, and little boy about five years old, is reaching out his tiny hand to touch my husband's head. it turns out that upon meeting barack obama, and this little boy gazed up at him and said "i want to know if my here is just like yours -- hair is just like yours." barack replied and said "why don't you touch it and see for yourself?" barack obama bit down. the little boy explains "yes, it does feel the same." the white house photographers changed at all the photos in the west wing except for that one. that one has hung on the wall for more than three years. if you ever wonder whether change is possible, i want you to think about that little black boy in the office of the white house touching the head of the first black president. [cheers and applause] as we mark the 150 it anniversary of the emancipation proclamation, the one you remember the house they were standing in, the house my family has the privilege of living in, that house was built in part by slaves. the beauty
in the photo, barack obama is bent over at the waist. one of the suns, and little boy about five years old, is reaching out his tiny hand to touch my husband's head. it turns out that upon meeting barack obama, and this little boy gazed up at him and said "i want to know if my here is just like yours -- hair is just like yours." barack replied and said "why don't you touch it and see for yourself?" barack obama bit down. the little boy explains "yes, it does feel the...
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barack obama, senior. w but baraack obama senior was an absentee father. throughout his life, obama went to look for surrogate fathers and founding fathers. andok he learned chapter and vee of what he took to be a father'a ideology from those guys. we know about some of those a communist likenist, frank marshall davis in hawaii. we know aboutha jeremiah -- jeremiah wright. and we know about a brazilian socialist. has written about brazil, ba sayit's a china, and russia commenting upon the united states. that he says with a bad idea for america to be number one, he calls that american hegemony. he says it's time to end it. the he wmants the world to come together and pull america down.a and. lou: why is such a maner. tolerated? i mean, what is the point? what does he bring the students at harvard university. what kind of madness is that?ur lou: it's like the fools who thought the euro would replace the dollar and there were these wonderfully sophisticated transatlantic geniuses who said the dollar stays were done.he d haven't we had enough of that nonsense
barack obama, senior. w but baraack obama senior was an absentee father. throughout his life, obama went to look for surrogate fathers and founding fathers. andok he learned chapter and vee of what he took to be a father'a ideology from those guys. we know about some of those a communist likenist, frank marshall davis in hawaii. we know aboutha jeremiah -- jeremiah wright. and we know about a brazilian socialist. has written about brazil, ba sayit's a china, and russia commenting upon the...
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the obama campaign calls all this shocking. brianne carter reporting. >> president obama returns to the campaign trail today. rapper jay-z and his wife singer beyonce will host a fund-raiser in new york city today. tonight president obama will on the late show with david letterman. vice president biden will campaign in iowa. the white house announced y the president will still visit prince william on friday but he will woodbrige and not manassas as previously scheduled. myanmar pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi will officially off her visit to the u.s. clintoneets secretary attend an event in which she will receive the .ongressional gold medal winner andrize visitmentarians will also york and california during a 17-day u.s. trip. >> the man accused of shooting a guard at the family research council in washington expected in court today. prosecutors say floyd corkins walked into the conservative lobbying group's building last month and shot the guard. before he fired he said he did not like the group politics. the demand fac
the obama campaign calls all this shocking. brianne carter reporting. >> president obama returns to the campaign trail today. rapper jay-z and his wife singer beyonce will host a fund-raiser in new york city today. tonight president obama will on the late show with david letterman. vice president biden will campaign in iowa. the white house announced y the president will still visit prince william on friday but he will woodbrige and not manassas as previously scheduled. myanmar...
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not a safer place >>> earlier in cincinnati ryan use the college football game to criticize barack obama on job issues for both sides it is game on romney tries to continue its momentum after the gop convention president obama tries to build his ahead of the democrat convention. dru levenson cbs news. voters in wisconsin go high- tech, they'll be able to use as smart phone tablet or laptop to show proof of residency instead of bringing in a paper utility belt voters can show proof of where they live by showing document from the self on election officials call it bring the process up to date. west nile virus continues it spread across the united states the latest bay area city taking measures is it still trying to fade away in northeast problems along the gulf coast remain the damage many say was caused by the levy designed to protect new orleans >>> a big warm-up for the bay area tomorrow temperatures go north and then changes mid-ng m, -what's up? i'm chris. -and i'm erik. both: we're the fruit guys! back in 1998, we had this idea to deliver fresh fruit to offices in downtown san franci
not a safer place >>> earlier in cincinnati ryan use the college football game to criticize barack obama on job issues for both sides it is game on romney tries to continue its momentum after the gop convention president obama tries to build his ahead of the democrat convention. dru levenson cbs news. voters in wisconsin go high- tech, they'll be able to use as smart phone tablet or laptop to show proof of residency instead of bringing in a paper utility belt voters can show proof of...
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fundamental issue fundamental problem that the bush administration failed to appreciate at all and i think obama had some appreciation of it when he was elected but he's allowed the opportunity to do something about it to slip by and instead he's continued the policies of the bush administration in many ways and since we're on the topic of politics let's go ahead and take i look at what's going on and how this has actually turned into a political game right now we had john mccain come out and say that the situation in the middle east is completely unraveling we had a romney aide come out and say that you know president romney if there was one could have prevented this from happening and then president. mom of course fired back and said that you know for mitt romney tends to shoot before aiming so we're saying this this political dialogue has a kind of seems like a little bit of a game here what does it seem like it's new and is that any of this discourse actually doing anything productive it's the usual partisan discourse no question about it i mean both parties do this to some extent the republ
fundamental issue fundamental problem that the bush administration failed to appreciate at all and i think obama had some appreciation of it when he was elected but he's allowed the opportunity to do something about it to slip by and instead he's continued the policies of the bush administration in many ways and since we're on the topic of politics let's go ahead and take i look at what's going on and how this has actually turned into a political game right now we had john mccain come out and...
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president obama will make his kay for re-election this week. v jim vance is in charlotte, north carolina tonight. >> reporter: delegates are on the streets of charlotte enjoying all this city has to offer. tomorrow they get down to the business of making news instead of reacting to it as the governor has been doing for a couple of days. on sunday the governor says americans are not better off than they were four years ago. and today he offered what's called a clarification. >> can you honestly say people are better off today than four years ago? >> no but that's not the question of this election. >> we are better as a country because we are creating jobs rather than losing them. >> reporter: others in maryland today are looking beyond state borders in order to help in this election. tom sherwood has more on that story. >> reporter: everyone knows virginia is a toss up state. maryland says it can help. as a workman hosted the maryland state flag in charlotte, delegates were not just thinking about their state. most agree it's solidly democratic.
president obama will make his kay for re-election this week. v jim vance is in charlotte, north carolina tonight. >> reporter: delegates are on the streets of charlotte enjoying all this city has to offer. tomorrow they get down to the business of making news instead of reacting to it as the governor has been doing for a couple of days. on sunday the governor says americans are not better off than they were four years ago. and today he offered what's called a clarification. >> can...
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presidente obama rinde homenaje a las victimas fatales de los ataques terroristas del once de septiembre en el pentagono, mientras en nueva york, se lleva a cabo un minuto de silencio en la zona cero. en deportes raven de baltimore arrancan con pie derecho la temporada de la nfl. continuan los cielos soleados y despejados en el area metropolitana hola que tal, buenas tardes... un estudiante de secundaria muere baleado mientras caminaba a su escuela... el hecho sucedio esta maÑana, en un vecindario en el condado de prince george..la muerte del joven ha conmovido a toda una comunidad... estaba caminando a su escuela... vestia su uniforme... cargaba su mochila... cuando fue asesinado... el cuerpo de marckel ross de 18-aÑos fue encontrado en este vecindario cerca a las siete de la maÑana en la avenida central en capital heights... "estaba en el piso, con herida de bala y fue pronunciado muerto en la escena" las investigaciones continuan ...cadetes de la policia de prince george meticulosamente revisan la escena del crimen... paso por paso... recorren dos cuadras en busca de pistas.. casqu
presidente obama rinde homenaje a las victimas fatales de los ataques terroristas del once de septiembre en el pentagono, mientras en nueva york, se lleva a cabo un minuto de silencio en la zona cero. en deportes raven de baltimore arrancan con pie derecho la temporada de la nfl. continuan los cielos soleados y despejados en el area metropolitana hola que tal, buenas tardes... un estudiante de secundaria muere baleado mientras caminaba a su escuela... el hecho sucedio esta maÑana, en un...
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administration and secretary of education arnie duncan here in the obama slammed bush's no child left behind legislation he's implemented the same broken concept of a standards based education into his race to the top policy look learning is different for every human being and it can't all be about the numbers by basing complete faith in standardized testing to determine the competence of teachers and abilities of children there's a human element there that's completely eliminated from the equation also privatizing public education will just resort and more private corporations eluding the system resulting. corruption and collusion to the most basic service that should be provided to the citizens of this country a free education and that is why i'm breaking the set. i . so finally the national conventions are over thank god the corporate media has surely moved beyond the business of presidential politics to focus on real news right actually no over the so-called news this weekend it was all about peyton manning touchdowns and president obama getting picked up by some random guy at a p
administration and secretary of education arnie duncan here in the obama slammed bush's no child left behind legislation he's implemented the same broken concept of a standards based education into his race to the top policy look learning is different for every human being and it can't all be about the numbers by basing complete faith in standardized testing to determine the competence of teachers and abilities of children there's a human element there that's completely eliminated from the...
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obama should you feel that way now that he is president? [applause] there is something wrong with the job he has done with the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him. [laughter] [cheers and applause] >> it was not a personal attack where his integrity or character but his job performance. you don't feel so giddy. it is a great line. appealing to the emotional reaction tothose who do remember how optimistic they were and now how disappointed they are where we are. gerri: another comment was about obama's performance with the environment. it was all laugh line but not deliver that way. >> obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans. [laughter] and and he'll the planets. my promise is to help you and your family. gerri: that introduction was funny. >> key is not a stand-up comic do not stand on your laugh line. raise your voice that you are clear you are sarcastic some the people were not sure if he was serious. he had a facial expansion but you don't see that if you are in the auditorium. -- shot a tory of. you cannot t
obama should you feel that way now that he is president? [applause] there is something wrong with the job he has done with the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him. [laughter] [cheers and applause] >> it was not a personal attack where his integrity or character but his job performance. you don't feel so giddy. it is a great line. appealing to the emotional reaction tothose who do remember how optimistic they were and now how disappointed they are where we are. gerri:...
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>> well, obama was obsessed with his father, barack obama, sr., but barack obama, sr. was an absentee father so throughout hits life obama looking for other guys, i call them surrogate or founding fathers and he learned chapter and verse what he took to be his father's ideology from those guys. we know there was the communist frank marshal davis in hawaii, if, jeremiah wright and phil ayers, and a guy who has written that he would like to see brazil, china, india and russia gang up on the united states. he says it's a bad idea for america to be number one, he calls that america and germany, he wants to end it, he wants two, three, four, and five to come together and pull america down. >> lou: and why is such a man tolerated? what is the point? what does he bring to the students of harvard university? what kind of madness, like the fools who thought that the euro would replace the dollar and wonderfully sophisticated trans atlantic geniuses thought the dollar's days are done. haven't we had enough of that nonsense. >> this guy is not only tolerated, but separated and of
>> well, obama was obsessed with his father, barack obama, sr., but barack obama, sr. was an absentee father so throughout hits life obama looking for other guys, i call them surrogate or founding fathers and he learned chapter and verse what he took to be his father's ideology from those guys. we know there was the communist frank marshal davis in hawaii, if, jeremiah wright and phil ayers, and a guy who has written that he would like to see brazil, china, india and russia gang up on the...
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en carolina del norte serÁ la convenciÓn en donde se ratificarÁ la nominaciÓn del presidente barack obama y en donde los coqueteo al voto latino serÁn evidentes nos dicen como estÁ el ambiente previo a la cita. >> no se inicia una hasta el martes y no detuvo a este grupo de mano fes tanifestantes inclu street igual que lo hicieron en tampa la semana pasada en la convenciÓn republicana pro pe protestaron por el proceso polÍtico, ante 200 policias que resguar resguardaban. >> en un recorrido que lo llevarÁ por 4 estados claves para noviembre, iowa, virginia y colorado >> es un estado en la poblaciÓn importante y creciente de minorÍas la apelaciÓn de minorÍas es muy fuerte. junto con el intento de a traer mÁs mujeres a la carpa demÓcrata. >> un domingo de compras de supermercados se kqueda como mejor para votar para los demÓcratas. >> la plataforma demÓcrata estÁ pidiendo regularizaciÓn de una reforma, la plataforma de los republicanos sean reportados. >> auto deportaciÓn. >> un desayuno familiar de domingo le permitiÓ a carla teodoro a inscribirse por primera vez desde que
en carolina del norte serÁ la convenciÓn en donde se ratificarÁ la nominaciÓn del presidente barack obama y en donde los coqueteo al voto latino serÁn evidentes nos dicen como estÁ el ambiente previo a la cita. >> no se inicia una hasta el martes y no detuvo a este grupo de mano fes tanifestantes inclu street igual que lo hicieron en tampa la semana pasada en la convenciÓn republicana pro pe protestaron por el proceso polÍtico, ante 200 policias que resguar resguardaban. >>...
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romney promised to lower taxes on small businesses, repeal the obama health care plan, and balance the budget. >> we'll finally have to do something that republicans have spoken about for a long time and for a while we didn't do it. when we had the lead we let people down. we had to make sure we don't let them down this time. i will cut the deficit and get us ontrack to a balanced budget. >> now to president barack obama who spent part of his day at a rally in urbandale, iowa. he launched what he is calling his road to charlotte tour. he took aim at mitt romney's convention speech. >> if you didn't dvr it, let me recap it for you. everything is bad, it's obama's fault, and governor romney is the only one who knows the secrets of creating jobs and growing the economy. >> so as the president starts his road to charlotte tour, the democratic party is putting finishing touches on the convention. it all gets going tuesday. cnn political producer shannon travis is in charlotte, north carolina this afternoon. shannon, are people trickling in already besides the media, such as yourself? >> yea
romney promised to lower taxes on small businesses, repeal the obama health care plan, and balance the budget. >> we'll finally have to do something that republicans have spoken about for a long time and for a while we didn't do it. when we had the lead we let people down. we had to make sure we don't let them down this time. i will cut the deficit and get us ontrack to a balanced budget. >> now to president barack obama who spent part of his day at a rally in urbandale, iowa. he...
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obama revealed. the man, the president right here on cnn. >>> it's a murder mystery that has police from paris to london trying to figure out. the parents are dead but two children narrowly survived. 4g lte has the fastest speeds. so let's talk about coverage. based on this chart, who would you choose ? wow. you guys take a minute. verizon, hands down. i'm going to show you guys another chart. pretty obvious. i don't think color matters. pretty obvious. what's pretty obvious about it ? that verizon has the coverage. verizon. verizon. we're going to go to another chart. it doesn't really matter how you present it. it doesn't matter how you present it. verizon. more 4g lte coverage than all other networks combined. how did the nba become the hottest league on the planet? by building on the cisco intelligent network they're able to serve up live video, and instant replays, creating fans from berlin to beijing. what can we help you build? nice shot kid. the nba around the world built by the only company
obama revealed. the man, the president right here on cnn. >>> it's a murder mystery that has police from paris to london trying to figure out. the parents are dead but two children narrowly survived. 4g lte has the fastest speeds. so let's talk about coverage. based on this chart, who would you choose ? wow. you guys take a minute. verizon, hands down. i'm going to show you guys another chart. pretty obvious. i don't think color matters. pretty obvious. what's pretty obvious about it ?...
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this is the stadium where president obama will speak later in the week. first, he's doing a tour of battleground states. >> hello, colorado. >> reporter: president obama's road to charlotte stops in battleground, ohio and storm-ravaged louisiana today. sunday, in colorado, he slammed last week's gop convention in tampa. >> there were a lot of talk about hard truths and bold choices. but the interesting thing was, nobody ever bothered to tell us what they were. >> reporter: and while mitt romney went to church in new hampshire. >> good morning. >> reporter: he sent running mate, paul ryan, on the campaign trail, to respond to the president's claims that the republicans are running on empty. >> he's running on fear and frustration. we're offering a vision. >> reporter: this week, we get the democrats' vision. >> we didn't like what we heard at the rnc. >> he's helped me. >> reporter: not everyone here is cheering in support. hundreds demonstrated in the big bank capital. they want tougher regulations on banks and the environment. later, the president will t
this is the stadium where president obama will speak later in the week. first, he's doing a tour of battleground states. >> hello, colorado. >> reporter: president obama's road to charlotte stops in battleground, ohio and storm-ravaged louisiana today. sunday, in colorado, he slammed last week's gop convention in tampa. >> there were a lot of talk about hard truths and bold choices. but the interesting thing was, nobody ever bothered to tell us what they were. >>...
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michelle obama comes into the race with popularity that is viewed by the obama campaign itself as their not so secret weapon. tonight you're seeing a lot of that on display as the first lady in essence trying to vouch for this president spending some of her own political capital on the president. listen to this. >> back when we have first came together four years ago, i still had some concerns about this journey we'd begun. while i believed deeply in my husband's vision for this country and i was certain he would make an extraordinary president, like any mother i was worried about what it would mean for our girls if he got that chance. >> let's talk about the keynote address tonight, julian castro gave what many are comparing to state senator barack obama's 2004 keynote address. who is this guy? what's his job tonight? >> simply put, brian, this represents the next generation of the democratic party and by all accounts this was a tour de force. mayor castro represents this next generation as a lot of its old leaders have kind of passed aside of last week the reps put their own out featu
michelle obama comes into the race with popularity that is viewed by the obama campaign itself as their not so secret weapon. tonight you're seeing a lot of that on display as the first lady in essence trying to vouch for this president spending some of her own political capital on the president. listen to this. >> back when we have first came together four years ago, i still had some concerns about this journey we'd begun. while i believed deeply in my husband's vision for this country...
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fraser robinson, these are michelle obama's parents. little michelle on the left and craig robinson and brother on the right. next slide. so this unknown here, who does not appear in the book is a contemporary of mary. so they were born roughly a year apart. he's a mississippi farmer who is noted in 181870s sensors as a 35-year-old who was part of a sensors track that includes a woman named betty wore. betty wore and robert gavin had a child named henry. could you go to the next site? salonga census records from 1870 mississippi, at the last name is at the top in the left corner and you see the household is to cut down for land to see robert l. 34, white farmer. calm down and she is 31, lack farmer, both from virginia, all the way down i know it's not so easy to see there's a henry, for names of. next slide. they are henry shows up in an 1800 cents is. now he is 32 years old. henry, a if you follow down, has one, two, three lines down to eugene sun, black. 10 over 12 meters 10 months old. that eugene gavin is my great grandfather. now g
fraser robinson, these are michelle obama's parents. little michelle on the left and craig robinson and brother on the right. next slide. so this unknown here, who does not appear in the book is a contemporary of mary. so they were born roughly a year apart. he's a mississippi farmer who is noted in 181870s sensors as a 35-year-old who was part of a sensors track that includes a woman named betty wore. betty wore and robert gavin had a child named henry. could you go to the next site? salonga...
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she was appointed by the obama administration and had been a long time aide. >> president obama began a four- day swing state tour in iowa on his way to the democratic national convention. he poked fun at what he called old ideas. >> today we're going so far backwards you might as well watch it on black and white tv. put some rabbit ears on the convention hall. >> the president won iowa in 2008 but polls show the state is in the toss up column this year. mitt romney and his running mate jabbed at president obama in ohio and florida. >> president obama inherited a difficult situation as he has reminded us a time or two. here's the problem, he made things worse. we're not better off, we're worse off. >> mitt romney also used a sports metaphor on his first day of college football. it's time for a new coach to lead the country. and romney is planning to take a little bit of a break next week as the democratic national convention kicks off on tuesday. organizers showed off the stage in charlotte, north carolina where speakers will take to the podium. president obama will make his acceptanc
she was appointed by the obama administration and had been a long time aide. >> president obama began a four- day swing state tour in iowa on his way to the democratic national convention. he poked fun at what he called old ideas. >> today we're going so far backwards you might as well watch it on black and white tv. put some rabbit ears on the convention hall. >> the president won iowa in 2008 but polls show the state is in the toss up column this year. mitt romney and his...
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and i like president obama, too. i have known him as a senator, i have known him as a friend, and i have known him as a president, and what i'm saying here is that he hasn't done the job, i don't believe he's going to do the job, i don't think he has the background to do the job, and for us to not put somebody who does in there may be catastrophic for the future of our country. with that, mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from mississippi. mr. wicker: i ask unanimous consent that my friend from alabama and i be allowed to engage in a colloquy. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: would the senator yield for a unanimous consent request? i ask unanimous consent that my full remarks be placed in the record at this point. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator from mississippi. mr. wicker: let me say from the outset that this senate is -- and this nation are profoundly fortunate to have had the services of senator orrin hatch for
and i like president obama, too. i have known him as a senator, i have known him as a friend, and i have known him as a president, and what i'm saying here is that he hasn't done the job, i don't believe he's going to do the job, i don't think he has the background to do the job, and for us to not put somebody who does in there may be catastrophic for the future of our country. with that, mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from...
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first lady michelle obama will take to the stage. former president bill clinton will also speak and you can watch all of it right here on cnn. >>> likely you want to know exactly what that experience is like firsthand on the democratic national convention? from the inside perhaps, tuesday join the cnn election roundtable with wolf blitzer and cnn's political team. submit your questions, get answers in realtime in this live virtual chat. don't miss the cnn election roundtable tuesday, at 12:00, noon eastern time by logging onto cnn.com/roundtable. >>> two days away from the kickstart of the dnc and already a gathering not far from the convention site. these people say they are part of the occupy movement. they say they want to close the gap between the poor and america's super rich who they call the 1%. we a they say they plan to camp out during the three-day democratic convention. . mitt romney and paul ryan are taking three days off from sturminsturm i stumping. it is back to work tomorrow. the republican presidential nominee will b
first lady michelle obama will take to the stage. former president bill clinton will also speak and you can watch all of it right here on cnn. >>> likely you want to know exactly what that experience is like firsthand on the democratic national convention? from the inside perhaps, tuesday join the cnn election roundtable with wolf blitzer and cnn's political team. submit your questions, get answers in realtime in this live virtual chat. don't miss the cnn election roundtable tuesday,...
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in the price of politics, "washington post" associate editor bob woodward recounts congress and the obama administration attempt to restore the u.s. economy in the last three and a half years. look for these titles in bookstores this coming weekend and watch for the authors in the near future on book tv and booktv.org. >>> next on book tv, ro khana secretary of commerce argues that the u.s. is and will continue to be a leader in manufacturing and innovation. it's about 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you for that kind introduction. it is an honor to be at politics and prose, such an institution to the city and really a pleasure to be here. thank you for everyone coming out on this august evening to hear me. i will try to be brief in my comments, and i rather have more of an exchange of ideas and hear your perspective so that we can have a conversation about manufacturing and what our country should do to become competitive. the idea for the book came about when i was traveling around the country. i would go and see a successful manufacturer making lenders, making steel, making fire suits
in the price of politics, "washington post" associate editor bob woodward recounts congress and the obama administration attempt to restore the u.s. economy in the last three and a half years. look for these titles in bookstores this coming weekend and watch for the authors in the near future on book tv and booktv.org. >>> next on book tv, ro khana secretary of commerce argues that the u.s. is and will continue to be a leader in manufacturing and innovation. it's about 45...
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this is the stadium where president obama will speak later in the week. first, he's doing a tour of battleground states. >> hello, colorado. >> reporter: president obama's road to charlotte stops in battleground ohio and storm-ravaged, louisiana. sunday in colorado, he slammed the gop convention in tampa. >> there was a lot of talk about hard truths and bold choices. but the interesting thing was, nobody ever bothered to tell us what they were. >> reporter: while mitt romney went to church in new hampshire. >> good morning. >> reporter: he sent paul ryan on the campaign trail to respond to the president's claim that republicans are running on empty. >> we're offering a vision. >> reporter: this week, we get the democrats' vision. supporters are eager for their turn. >> we didn't like all we heard during the rnc. but we're motivated now. >> he's done a lot for me. so, i can help him, too. >> reporter: but not everyone is cheering in support. hundreds demonstrated this weekend in the south's big bank capital. they want tougher regulations on bank and the en
this is the stadium where president obama will speak later in the week. first, he's doing a tour of battleground states. >> hello, colorado. >> reporter: president obama's road to charlotte stops in battleground ohio and storm-ravaged, louisiana. sunday in colorado, he slammed the gop convention in tampa. >> there was a lot of talk about hard truths and bold choices. but the interesting thing was, nobody ever bothered to tell us what they were. >> reporter: while mitt...
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president obama making his case right now to voters in the state of florida. he is soon to be walking out on stage there and talking to the folks in west palm beach. it's the second day of the two-day bus tour. jessica yellin is there now. what is the likely message that the president will be delivering to that crowd there? >> reporter: we expect that the president will talk about the jobs message that we have been hearing across the state, drawing contrast between his philosophy and romney's. and again driving home this new attack on the romney/ryan medicare plan. he has unveiled new broad side critiquing the ryan plan, the newest ryan version of the budget unveiling a harvard study that he says shows that future and current seniors will pay more under their medicare plan. this budget we should point out, this analysis is conducted by somebody who used to be an obama campaign adviser and is a democrat. any day that we are focused on medicare is a time we are not focused on jobs and the economy so that is a plus for team obama. >> i wonder if the obama camp ha
president obama making his case right now to voters in the state of florida. he is soon to be walking out on stage there and talking to the folks in west palm beach. it's the second day of the two-day bus tour. jessica yellin is there now. what is the likely message that the president will be delivering to that crowd there? >> reporter: we expect that the president will talk about the jobs message that we have been hearing across the state, drawing contrast between his philosophy and...
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barack obama's speech will be about 3 million people that live in america. he is going to focus on how we move this country forward, laying out plans for strengthening the security of the middle class, investing in research and innovation, paying down debt and honoring those that serve overseas. >> she is far more popular, she being the first lady is far more popular than the president is at this point. it tends to happen. i will tell you this convention is aimed very much at saying we are the party of the people and the other guys you saw in tampa are about the elite. they are about rich people. they have gone out of their way to include people and say come and walk through the convention floor. they have done that so folks can see it. they will have average middle class people talking about how the president's policies have helped them over the past four years. so they definitely want the flavor to be we are not politicians. we are all about you. >> helping to lead our political coverage this week. mitt romney going bowling with the press now. kind of. it
barack obama's speech will be about 3 million people that live in america. he is going to focus on how we move this country forward, laying out plans for strengthening the security of the middle class, investing in research and innovation, paying down debt and honoring those that serve overseas. >> she is far more popular, she being the first lady is far more popular than the president is at this point. it tends to happen. i will tell you this convention is aimed very much at saying we...
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kill or capture by daniel klandman, this follows the obama administration as far as what they're doing in iraq and afghanistan, how their policies are being pursued and shows a side of the president which indicates that his policies are not that different in many cases from president bush's. also peter bergin's book, the hunt for bin laden, which i'm really just starting now. it details the ten-year manhunt for bin laden which, of course, ended very successfully last may when he was killed. and then dr. johnson who's been a witness before on my committee has a book called a battle for the soul of islam which is an american muslim's attempt to focus american muslims on the war against al-qaeda, against islamic extremism. and can then another book which is world affairs, it's berlin 1961 by frederick frederick kemi was in college at that time, and it describes the behind-the-scenes destruction of the berlin wall -- construction of the berlin wall, and it's interesting to compare those times with what's happening today. and finally, a complicated man, a history of bill clinton. i was ment
kill or capture by daniel klandman, this follows the obama administration as far as what they're doing in iraq and afghanistan, how their policies are being pursued and shows a side of the president which indicates that his policies are not that different in many cases from president bush's. also peter bergin's book, the hunt for bin laden, which i'm really just starting now. it details the ten-year manhunt for bin laden which, of course, ended very successfully last may when he was killed. and...